English noun: friar | |||
1. | friar (person) a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms | ||
Synonyms | mendicant | ||
Broader (hypernym) | religious | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Augustinian, Black Friar, Blackfriar, Carmelite, Dominican, Franciscan, friar preacher, Grey Friar, White Friar | ||